Rather than have XSANE do it (which would be easiest), I wondered if you could combine the PDF's into one file after you'd scanned them. A quick Google search brought this result:
http://www.debianadmin.com/combine-multiple-pdfs-into-one-file-in-ubuntu-linux.html Might be worth a try. Gregory. Paul Gear wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to move my home filing system from paper to electronic form, > and i'm having some difficulty getting multipage scans from the > automatic document feeder going. > > My scanner is an HP OfficeJet Pro L7300, which works fine with single > page scans, or multi-page scans where i press the scan button for every > page. However, what i want is to be able to put the document in the > ADF, press scan, and have it scan it all into one multi-page PDF > document for me. > > If i choose multiple pages in the XSane interface and select the save > option, it scans each page into a separate PDF document, which is not > workable for me. If i select the multipage project option, if i change > the number of pages to scan to anything more than one it fails after the > first page with an error message, and if i leave it on one page, i have > to press scan separately for every page, even if i manually select the ADF. > > Is there a way to get this process to work - even with a little > scripting? I would be happy to write a wrapper script around scanimage > if i knew which pieces i needed to plug together. It seems that > xscanimage only supports tiff and pnm format, and i wouldn't know where > to start to combine them into a single PDF. Any suggestions? > > Thanks (and Happy New Year!), > Paul > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
